I have been the passenger in a vehicle where the driver didn't wear their seatbelt, and they drove 30 minutes down the highway with the chime going. I think he may have been partway deaf due to using power tools without ear protection, but now we have two data points in a trend.
Considering he was a smoker too, I wonder what his life is like now 15 years later.
You can, but in my experience it is resistant to custom instructions.
I spent an evening messing around with ChatGPT once, and fairly early on I gave it special instructions via the options menu to stop being sycophantic, among other things. It ignored those instructions for the next dozen or so prompts, even though I followed up every response with a reminder. It finally came around after a few more prompts, by which point I was bored of it, and feeling a bit guilty over the acres of rainforest I had already burned down.
I don't discount user error on my part, particularly that I may have asked too much at once, as I wanted it to dramatically alter its output with so my customizations. But it's still a computer, and I don't think it was unreasonable to expect it to follow instructions the first time. Isn't that what computers are supposed to be known for, unfailingly following instructions?
I'm in my mid-late thirties, and my recovery time is about the same as it was in my mid twenties. This is because when I was 26 I had major abdominal surgery. That experience ended up delineating my life, having boundless vigour before and but needing to carefully measure my energy and actions after.
Socks are worn for 99% of my waking hours. They only come off in specific circumstances, normally involving water.
The socks must be well-fitting and put on straight, pulled up to their natural height and tightness. I prefer socks that come halfway up my shins, and I only wear ankle socks when working out.
The socks must be a matched pair. No mixing between different colours, cuts, brands, etc.
No holes allowed; if a sock gets a hole of any size, it immediately goes in the garbage. The widowed sock goes on my dresser until an appropriate mate is made by the splitting up of another pair.
On the other hand, I never sleep in socks under any circumstances. I find I get too warm.
This article only talks about the number of Copilot 365 licences that are active. It doesn't even consider the situations like my workplace, where everyone was given a licence but hardly anyone uses it.
I wouldn't be surprised if the actual usage rate for these licences is also very low, meaning the situation could be even more dire than the article makes out.
Here's a couple random ones, outside of the obvious (Link from The Legend of Zelda).
Some of the character models in Warcraft 3 were left-handed, like the Footman and the Grunt. The weird implication in this is that in the Warcraft universe, left-handed is the default, because while the common Footmen were lefties, the heroic Paladin was right-handed.
Some of the party members from early Final Fantasy games were left-handed: Leila and Leon from FF2, and Kain and Palom from FF4. Because of the 2D sprites it didn't show very well during battles, but it did affect the way their equipment was arranged in the menus.
"A revolting bit of casuistry," as Christopher Hitchens put it. The problem this justification is that homosexuality is what people are and not what they do, and hating someone's inherent and immutable trait is the same as hating the person themselves.
I find it much more enjoyable than jogging. Also, easier on my leg joints.
A cursory search says about 900 officers above the rank of Colonel (aka general/flag officers). There are about 1.3M active duty and 800k reserve personnel in the US armed forces, meaning about 2300:1 ratio of troops to GO/FO.
My country, Canada, has about 130 senior officers, and about 87,000 total members, for a ratio of 670:1.
The UK has about 475 senior officers, and about 172,000 total members, for a ratio of 362:1.
(All numbers are subject to human error on my part. The UK senior officer numbers in particular I'm not 100% on as I literally just counted the names on Wikipedia)
I didn't feel like doing research beyond that, but while the USA does have a lot of military brass, they also have a lot of people in their military, and the ratio isn't as top-heavy as other militaries.
EDIT: changed the wording in the first paragraph to line up better.
It's a personal thing, but the smell of cumin kills my appetite. I had a bad experience with it once and I can't shake the association between the smell and the experience.
Interesting that you were still using StoCard. Some months ago the app broke for me and directed me to download Klarna. My info had been migrated over and everything.
I promptly found a new loyalty card app (SuperCards) once I saw the microloans and other unnecessary garbage in Klarna.
All my grandparents save one have passed on, and I have no actual relationship with the one that still lives. So I'm not terribly concerned about her, beyond how much I care for any other random senior citizen.
To answer the spirit of the question, though we can talk about my parents, who are grandparents now.
Both are educated and about as tech proficient as I am. However, my mom nearly got caught in a gift card scam a few years ago, where someone was posing as one of her friends. She had even bought the cards, but insisted on going to give them in-person, which exposed the scam.
Because of that, I think my parents are actually pretty safe, as they are now extra vigilant about the messages they receive, and know to follow up anything suspicious using an alternate communication method.
I know, "once bitten twice shy," isn't the best defence, but alternate communication methods are. Stress to your loved ones that if they ever recieve a message from someone asking for money, to follow up using a different medium.